[BNAWX] Non-Precipitation Warnings, Watches, Advisories

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
241 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

TNZ005>008-022>029-056>062-075-093>095-270200-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-DICKSON-GILES-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-ROBERTSON-
RUTHERFORD-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-WAYNE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND CITY...CAMDEN...CENTERVILLE...
CLARKSVILLE...COLUMBIA...DICKSON...DOVER...ERIN...FRANKLIN...
GALLATIN...HARTSVILLE...HOHENWALD...LAWRENCEBURG...LEBANON...
LEWISBURG...LINDEN...MURFREESBORO...NASHVILLE...PULASKI...
SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...WAVERLY...WAYNESBORO
241 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT AND VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE IS CONTINUING THE
HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HEAT WAVE HAS
MOVED EAST OF THE MID STATE...AND THIS MORNING WAS CENTERED OVER
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AS A RESULT...THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OF
RECENT DAYS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS SUMMER...UPPER 90S...ARE FORECASTED FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND MID 90S TUESDAY...ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL
GIVE HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY...
WITH MINIMUM NIGHTTIME HEAT INDICES AROUND 80.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 105
DEGREES OR GREATER DURING THE DAY...AND 80 DEGREES OR GREATER AT
NIGHT.

PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE ADVISED TO AVOID PROLONGED WORK
IN THE SUN...OR IN POORLY VENTILATED AREAS. ALSO...KEEP PLENTY OF
WATER ON HAND...AND TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING.

CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY
THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS OR...
IN EXTREME CASES...HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
THESE CONDITIONS.  FRIENDS...RELATIVES...OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD
CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

ALSO...NEVER LEAVE PETS AND CHILDREN IN A HOT VEHICLE FOR EVEN A
MINUTE...AS TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY SOAR TO DEADLY HEIGHTS.

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